Monday, January 21, 2008
Agents, Actors Brace for Dry Pilot Season
Backstage: "Agent Brett Carducci of Sovereign Talent Group said Hollywood has always been 'a town of hustling.' The crippling Writers Guild of America strike -- in its 10th week -- has forced almost everyone working in the entertainment industry to hustle for dwindling jobs like never before."
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I completely support the writer's strike. Completely. Totally. Go writers. I'm a union girl. My mother has picketed more than once (American Airlines, where it seems the producers in hollywood and the CEOs in their cushy multi-million dollar country houses has alot in common).
But please. PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSEEEEEE!!!!!!!
I just want one more episode of Pushing Daisies.
I think its interesting that even though producers stockpiled scripts when the strike was looming on the horizon, most of those scripts were unusable. I can see why filming half and episode here and half an episode there would get 'a little screwy' and you'd think that only completed and ready to produce scripts would be stockpiled. I know thats not the main point of the article, but I just found it a little odd.
Though it has been a while since I have been on the blog, nearly all of what I have heard about the strike is in favor of the guild. I am wondering how much agreeing to the writers would really cost the producers, if they've held out for this long it must be huge. To my understanding the writers are asking for more money based on new forms of media distribution, they are not at risk of losing anything they already have.
I am not sure which side of the fence I am on.
There are millions of scrips of shows that have never went to pilot, look at the producers for example. But I have a friend who was going to be in a pilot this year that may not happen because what's the point of making a show that only runs for one episode? Give the poor writers money for their work and lets make the next new CSI.
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